#white-fronted goose

[tea-time-terrier]

Greater white-fronted geese.

#birds #white-fronted goose

[critterdroppings]

„Hey, Mother Goose. How‘s it going?“

#nick goose bradshaw #nick bradshaw #goose top gun #top gun #top gun maverick #top gun 1986 #top gun fanart #white-fronted goose #work in progress #illustration #anthony edwards #bradley rooster bradshaw #bradley bradshaw #miles teller #maverick #goose #silly goose #mother goose #katara is drawing things #anthro #furry art #furry #fanart #anthropomorphic #drawing #my fanart

[barry-kent-mackay]

White-fronted goose. A small painting, oil on compressed hardboard. Sold. This is in one regard one of the most important paintings I’ve ever done as it convinced me that I could work in oils, and do a credible job. Prior to it I had done some oils I liked (Green-winged Teal; Spotted Owl) but they had been life size…this showed I could work smaller. And as often happens, I had a scenario in mind…a bird just having arrived from the south, landing on a frozen, snow-covered lake but the snow is melting, and he is preening in the late winter sunlight.

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#birds #white-fronted goose #birdlr #birblr #bird art #artist #barry kent mackay

[dansnaturepictures]

A wonderful wild weekend centring on our annual trip to WWT Slimbridge also visiting Dix Pit and Rushy Common and Tar Lakes

At a slightly different time of year this weekend with some time off Friday and Monday we headed for our yearly visit to the incredible WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire on Saturday. As ever it was a riveting bird fest with numerous stunning species observed in winter’s elegant wetland bird display. Dominating the day were the impressive Bewick’s Swans with their black and yellow bills, captivating birds to watch as their soothing honking calls epitomize the wild essence of winter. Also standing out on the day were many rustic Ruffs with a neat Spotted Redshank with them and Redshanks and shimmering hoards of delightful Golden Plovers often mixed in with many Lapwings. Other reserve specialities gigantic Common Crane and White-fronted Goose (albeit in the form of the Lesser White-fronted Goose which has been hanging around) were a treat to see, as were nice views of raptors Marsh Harrier and Peregrine. A host of ducks including Pochard, Pintail, Shelduck and Shoveler, raucous Rooks, the beautiful Ross's Goose with Barnacle Geese and more wonderful wader scenes of Avocets, Black-tailed Godwits and Curlews in numbers also stood out. Exhilirating views of Kingfisher and Goldfinch with Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler and Wren heard well were other highlights on a sensational wildlife watching day. I always leave here feeling inspired by the wonder of nature I’ve seen but also by what a beacon of hope this place is from Sir Peter Scott’s pioneering work to the continued important and formidable force in conservation the WWT (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) are. 

On Friday on the way from home in Hampshire it was fun to visit Dix Pit in Oxfordshire which we discovered on the way on our 2023 edition of this trip. I was flabbergasted to see two Common Cranes flying over here to see this key target of the trip and remarkable bird early as I was taking in the historic and fascinating Devil’s Quoits here where I was spellbound by seeing my first Skylarks of the year and hearing them too such a hopeful sight for the promise of spring as they displayed. Seeing the cranes led me to learn that they have now bred in Oxfordshire which is amazing. Glorious Goldeneyes, Pochard, Wigeon, Common Gull, Great White Egret, Great Crested Grebe, lots of Snow Geese, Red Kite a key bird of this county seen well on the journey too, Buzzard, Siskins and Long-tailed Tit with Green Woodpecker heard were other highlights here. 

Sunday on the way home brought a visit to the picturesque Rushy Common and Tar Lakes in Oxfordshire where we had also been before on such a trip and a return to Dix Pit both to try to see the bird we had hoped to on Friday at the latter Red-crested Pochard and we we were thrilled to see an elegant pair of this flamboyant species at Dix Pit. Great White Egret, Dunnock and good Redwing views with Cetti’s Warbler heard very well were other highlights at Rushy Common and Tar Lakes with Goldeneye and Pochard enjoyed again at Dix Pit. Smashing Long-tailed Tit views, Great Crested Grebes including courting, Cormorants and many Wigeons and Shoveler were other stars at both. After traversing through the pleasant Cotswolds countryside it was a lively journey to these Oxfordshire sites with my first Egyptian Goose and Muntjac Deer of the year seen in fields and a few Red Kites, a Sparrowhawk diving off of a roof (a species I saw in Eastleigh just before we got home too before enjoying Goldfinches, Robin, Collared Doves, Black-headed Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gull and more from home on this sunny evening) and Buzzards seen. 

A difference to when we normally come in early January is how much more spring like the trip was with beautiful blossom in the landscape and a fair few wildflowers seen across the weekend including speedwell, snowflake, snowdrop, daffodil, primroses, daisies, groundsel, hogweed and cuckoo-pint leaves and cleavers. At Dix Pit I was also ecstatic to see my first Peacock butterfly of the year a luxurious ruby cloth drifting by with bees seen across the weekend and a Scarlet Tiger moth caterpillar seen at Slimbridge. Seeing Roe Deers here and taking in the breathtaking wetland and rural surrounding scenes with catkins shining in the landscape too was nice. An excellent wild weekend. 

The photos in this photoset from the weekend are of; Bewick's Swan and Pochard at Slimbridge, views at Dix Pit and Tar Lakes, snowflakes and Woodpigeon at Slimbridge, Devil's Quoits and a view at Dix Pit and Great Crested Grebe and view at Tar Lakes.

#bewick's swan #ruff #common crane #birdwatching #slimbridge #wwt slimbridge #2024 #happy #gloucestershire #oxfordshire #hampshire #red kite #england #outdoors #white-fronted goose #snowflakes #snowdrops #daffodils #peacock #skylark #golden plover #spotted redshank #sparrowhawk #goldfinch #peregrine falcon #marsh harrier #europe #severn

[antiqueanimals]

Drawing Birds. Written and illustrated by Maurice Wilson. Published in 1965.

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#birds #waterfowl #geese #greenland white-fronted goose #Maurice Wilson

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Birds of Deadhorse, Alaska

#north slope #birds #birding #arctic #snow bunting #spectacled eider #red-necked phalarope #tundra swan #king eider #red-throated loon #greater white-fronted goose #arctic gothic #dalton highway #my photos #rlwtstcwtsv

[abirddogmoment]

The birds are back 💛

#ndr #birds my beloved #find me where the wild things are #tundra swan #greater white fronted goose #i am sooooo happy and soooo fortunate so get to go see them #i saw thousands of swans and geese of all kinds #it was such a nice trip #i love spring migration so much #hope sounds a whole lot like the honking of our migratory waterfowl as they fly overhead and roost in our fields 💛

[northernpintail]

One of these things is not like the other

#its the goose #birds #original photography #original photography on tumblr #mallard #ducks #gwfg #greater white fronted goose #nature #vancouver island #nature photography #pnw #birding #bird photography #birdwatching

[sugiichi]

Anser albifrons [マガン,Greater white-fronted goose]

田んぼで採餌していたマガンが飛び立ちました。

#Anser albifrons #マガン #Greater white-fronted goose #Bird #野鳥 #photographers on tumblr

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Greater White-fronted Goose

Photo: Aaron Maizlish

"In North America, this gray goose is found mainly west of the Mississippi River. Nesting on Arctic tundra, it winters in open country in mild climates. Wintering flocks leave night roosts before sunrise to fly to feeding areas, and musical gabbling and honking can be heard from wavering lines of White-fronts passing overhead at dawn. Included in this species is a large, dark form known as the 'Tule Goose,' nesting in southern Alaska and wintering in central California marshes."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #greater white fronted goose #birds of north america #north american birds #gooses #waterfowl #birds of the us #birds of canada #birds of mexico #tule goose #birding #birdblr #birblr #bird watching #bird of the day #Anser albifrons

[my-friend-meowth]

Going to Pulkkilanharju

Metsähanhi (Anser fabalis) Bean goose, Valkoposkihanhi (Branta leucopsis) Barnacle goose & Tundrahanhi (Anser albifrons) Greater white-fronted goose

Laulujoutsen (Cygnus cygnus) Whooper swan

#dragonair #bean goose #barnacle goose #greater white-fronted goose #whooper swan #asikkala #pokemon #my pokemon

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Top 5 bird songs

I'm not a huge connoisseur, and this list will include bird calls, which are technically different, but let's go:

1. Yellowhammer (so good it inspired a famous piece of classical music)

2 (shared). Common cuckoo and chiff-chaff (I like how they actually say their own names)

4. Rose-ringed parakeet (invasive species, but nice sound)

5. Greater white-fronted goose (like a greylag, but more pleasant to listen to. the sound of winter)

#inbox #krusebruce #animals #yellowhammer #common cuckoo #chiff-chaff #rose-ringed parakeet #greater white-fronted goose

[north-american-duck-poll]

Round 1 match 5A

#american wigeon #greater white-fronted goose #ducks #geese #duck poll #tumblr polls #round 1

[brainjuicey]

oh my goddddd early days tom cruise films make me feel something entirely different its something the scientists havent discovered yet

#its not even that i find him attractive although he is sort of pretty in an eyebrows kind of a way but he plays the roles so rigid #and #im half convinced he doesnt know how to act he just loves being in front of a camera #but there is always some sort of intricate rituals homoeroticism and natural domesticity about the movies #hold up i need to google if jerry bruckheimer made the outsiders #theres just something so verile about the way the men are portrayed in that kind of Romantic action #prepostmodern james bond kind of action movie if that makes sense #early fast and furious has it too but grittier #transformers but the 1986 animated version #like what is that genre of classic golden age american propoganda and theatrical rock mixed with tragedy and heroism? girl idk wht im sayin #guys im so freakin pissed that narcos white guy whats his name boyd holbrook ?? was a blatant paul walker rip off but now ive watched #top gun now i understand he is also a goose rip off #like stop trying to make more media like this we've progressed past the need for reviving romanticising the 70s in what is obviously just- #romanticising the 50s.... #america* btw if thats not clear #guys i hate contemporary american media and i hate the hyperconsumerism and i hate the oversaturation of the market but #dear lorrdddd something about that whole being a man with an attitude just living his life and the story is just about a guy and his bros #and of course there is obvious sexism and exclusionism <333 but this is fiction so! #just a guy and his bros ! what more could u want #plus the fuckin pre-digital age transparency between creator and art is pretty sweet #i miss watching a movie and being able to enjoy it as a viewer and not a cynical judge on the methods and ethos of what goes in #like i just dont care and its vicariously thrilling #maybe its an esoteric lack of pop culture #top gun

[allpromarlo]

hangman threw mav outta the hard deck and tried to give him an 'ego check' (the irony) only to have the most embarrassing man crush on him for the rest of the movie

#he was so obviously fishing for mavs attention and looked like a kicked dog when he didn't get it LMAO #and then that whole thing with mentioning goose's death in front of everybody to antagonize rooster? that's not gonna make mav pick you sir #i know tumblr loves their cocky white boys so much but hangman was fucking unbearable until he saved mav & rooster #and even then he had to make a remark. sit down boy #makes it better that mav stayed consistent and just. didn't pick him for the fucking mission #out here like 'ya think ya better than everybody here? well come n see then ya lil bitch' #it gave me a little giggle #it gave me a little hahahA #movies #top gun: maverick #hangman seresin #bitchboy (derogatory) #maverick mitchell #also for that scene where coyote payback & hangman look like regret when mav gets introduced as instructor... #coyote just tried to move on as quick as possible and tbh i respect that #and payback gave mav his most pathetic princess eyes #he looked at him like ':((( sowwy' #he's so pathetic i love him so much #is this hangman slander? #it might just #i'm sorry i had to get my thoughts out there i can't stand that blonde ken doll headass #he wants to be this movie's ice so much #YOU WILL NEVER BE HIM #GIVE IT UP

[spookyfoxdreamer]

#The Greater White fronted Goose of Alder Cay Island N The Bahamas Islands West Indies is 6 Pounds on September 1st 1998 AD Tiger Year